You Know You're From Michigan If...

Michigan Links

with historical ties to the state

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Views of the Past

Old pictures of towns

in Michigan

100 Top Michigan Links

Michigan Television

Drive-In Theaters

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Michigan Foods

with historical ties to the state

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CHEFS PRIDE

www.chefspride.com

Turkeys, hams, steaks,

and other fine food gifts.

Over 105 years in Michigan

FARMER PEET'S

www.farmerpeets.com

Founded and originally produced in

Chesaning, Michigan

HONEY BAKED HAM

http://www.honeybakedham.com/

JIFFY MIX

www.jiffymix.com

Founded and produced in

Chelsea, Michigan

for more than 100 years

KOEGEL'S

www.koegelmeats.com

Koegel Meat Company

started in Flint in 1916.

Photo courtesy of

Jim Ritchie

www.JCRitchie.com

KOWALSKI SAUSAGE

http://www.kowality.com/story.asp

Favorite foods from the old country

Gotta love that neon sausage sign

on Holbrook in Hamtramck!

Photo by James C. Ritchie

www.JCRitchie.com

from the "Mich-ellaneous" Gallery

VELVET PEANUT BUTTER

www.velvetpeanutbutter.com

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Know of other

Michigan foods

around since the

50s/60s/70s?

Send their website link

to me!

info@detroitmemories.com

You show people where you're from
by pointing to a spot on the back
of your left hand. (Especially useful
if you're from the Thumb or the
Little Finger.)

The only place in the world can you
experience all four seasons in one day.

You know what a 'party store' is.

You've never met any celebrities.

"Vacation" means going to Cedar Point.

At least one member of your family disowns you the week of the
Michigan / Michigan State game.

Your idea of a traffic jam is 40 cars waiting to pass an orange barrel.

Half the change in your pocket is Canadian....eh?

You drive 86 mph on the highway and pass on the right.

You know how to play (and pronounce) Euchre.

It's easy to get Vernor's ginger ale, Better Made chips, Sanders hot fudge sauce, and Faygo pop.

You know how to pronounce "Mackinac."

You've had to switch on the heat and the air conditioning in the same day.

You bake with SODA and drink POP.

The movie "Escanaba in Da Moonlight" wasn't funny. You consider it a documentary.

Your little league game was snowed out.

The word "thumb" has geographical rather than anatomical significance.

Traveling coast-to-coast means driving from Port Huron to Muskegon.

You measure distance in minutes.

When giving directions, you refer to "A Michigan Left."

You know that Kalamazoo not only exists, but is only 100 miles fom Hell.

Your year has two seasons: Winter and Construction.

Home Depot on any Saturday is busier than toy stores at Christmas.

You know when it has rained because of the smell of worms.

When owning a Japanese car was a hangin' offense in your hometown.

You believe that "down south" means Toledo.

Your idea of a seven-course meal is a six-pack and a bucket of smelt.

You know that Big Mac is something that you drive over.

You can see a car running in a parking lot with no one in it, no matter what time of the year.

You end your sentences with a preposition; example: "Where's my coat at?"

All the festivals across the state are named after a fruit, vegetable, grain, or animal.

You think of the four major food groups as beef, pork, BBQ sauce, and beer.

You carry jumper cables and snow chains in your trunk.

You design your kids' Halloween costume to fit over a snowsuit.

Driving in the winter is better because the pot-holes are filled with snow.

Your favorite holidays are Christmas,Thanksgiving, and the opening of Deer Season, which you consider a National Holiday.

You have 10 favorite recipes for venison.

You learned to drive a boat before you could ride a bike.

You owe more money on your snowmobile than your car.

Your snowblower has more miles on it than your car.

Shoveling the driveway constitutes a great upper body workout.

You’ve ever used the word “bogue.”

The "Big Three" means either Ford, Chrysler and GM, or Little Caesar's, Domino's, or Hungry Howie's.

You think alkaline batteries were named after a Tiger outfielder.

Your definition of a small Michigan town is one that doesn't have a lake.

You define summer as three months of bad sledding.

You attend a formal event in your best clothing, finest jewelry, and snowmobile boots.

The municipality buys a Zamboni before a bus.

You have experienced frostbite and sunburn in the same week.

The orange barrel is considered Michigan's 'other' lighthouse.

My thanks to Dave Budnick for his contributions.

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SUGGESTED

STATE SLOGANS

"The Orange Barrel State."

"No hurricanes here."

"No riots since '67."

"Casino fever - catch it."

"Got fudge?"

"Gerald Ford slept here."

"So close to Canada you can hardly tell the difference."

"We know the rules of euchre."

"The one that looks like a mitten."

"Where used cars from Florida bring top dollar."

"Two Mystery Spots. No waiting."

"Yes, the Porcupines are real mountains."

"Soda? We say pop here, buddy."

"More than just boarded up auto plants."

"Sandy beaches without the severe undertow."

"Imagine an island where horse manure still litters the streets."

"Water enough for any drought."

"Visit Hell, Paradise, Christmas and Climax."

"Birthplace of Meijer Thrifty Acres."

"Where Ontario is a shortcut to New York."

"It's called snow. Get used to it."

"Where the names of toney suburbs needlessly end with "e."

"Deer processing available here."

"Not as flat as Indiana."

"Try eating corn flakes without us."

"Hardly any annoying lizards or poisonous snakes."

"Big on flannel."

"It's not the heat. It's the humidity!"

"Where the mosquito is the state bird."

"Smoked fish sold here."

"Good people with camping trailers."

"We moved American history to Dearborn."

"No toll roads and proud of it."

"Our biggest bridge makes yours look puny."

"Land of snow machines and bass boats."

"We know a place where wooden shoes are always in style."

"Where lousy teams get new stadiums."

"Speed limit's back up to 70, so move it!"

"The Red Wings State"

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COLD IS A RELATIVE THING...

TOUGHNESS COUNTS!

65 above zero:

Floridians turn on the heat.

People in Michigan plant gardens.

60 above zero:

Californians shiver uncontrollably.

People in Michigan sunbathe.

50 above zero:

Italian & English cars won't start.

People in Michigan drive with the

windows down..

40 above zero:

Georgians don coats, thermal

underwear, gloves, wool hats.

People in Michigan throw on a

flannel shirt.

35 above zero:

New York landlords finally turn up the heat.

People in Michigan have the last cookout before it gets cold.

20 above zero:

People in Miami all die.

Michiganders close the windows.

Zero:

Californians fly away to Mexico.

People in Michigan get out their winter coats.

10 below zero:

Hollywood disintegrates.

The Girl Scouts in Michigan are selling cookies door to door.

20 below zero:

Washington DC runs out of hot air.

People in Michigan let the dogs sleep indoors.

30 below zero:

Santa Claus abandons the

North Pole.

Michiganders get upset because they can't start the Snowmobile.

40 below zero:

ALL atomic motion stops.

People in Michigan start saying...'Cold enough fer ya?'

50 below zero:

Hell freezes over.

The Lions win the Super Bowl !